MySQL: Too many connection errors.

When user trying to connect MySQL Database, he got below error

ERROR 1040 (hy000): Too many connections
By looking the error we can see that the max_connections got exhausted. You can check the connection info by running below commands.

-- To find max_connections value run below command
SHOW VARIABLES LIKE '%max_connections%';

-- To see the all processes and connections run below command
SHOW FULL PROCESSLIST;

Note that when you get this error you will be able to login using root. Becoz My SQL by default will consider maximum allowed connections as MAX_CONNECTIONS +1 for super user.

But if you have used root to connect to any other app you will not able to connect to run the above commands. That means you should use root for only Administration purpose only.

You can run below command to change the MAX_CONNECTIONS

SET GLOBAL max_connections = 200;
But note that you need to find out is there any application issue which is creating more connections and causing this issue and fix that later.

Regards
Satishbabu Gunukula, Oracle ACE
http://oracleracexpert.com

Best practices for running Tableau on a VM (Virtual Machine)

Tableau Server is resource-intensive and latency-sensitive, that’s why if you are running Tableau on a VM then dedicated resources required.

1.       Dedicated vCPU

100% dedicated vCPU allocation – should not be pooled or shared.

Core count is based on "physical" cores. Physical cores can represent actual server hardware or cores on a virtual machine (VM). Hyper-threading is ignored.

2.       Dedicated RAM

Fully (100%) pre-allocated, no pooling or sharing, no dynamic RAM.

Contiguous on the host server.

Suggested 128GB RAM per 8 core for Enterprise Deployments.

3.       Disk

Write speed is often the bottle neck, faster the better!

150MB/s or less = BAD

250MB/s+ WRITE = GOOD

400MB/s to 1GB/s+ = GREAT

250MB/s Write & 1GB/s Read = Good performance

Tiered SAN: Tableau should be on higher tier with better IO than typical storage level tier.

No underlying network attached storage (NAS) for disk.

Always note that Poorly tuned VM’s results “Poor performance” and Wasted $$ on core purchases

VM Tuning Tips Directly From VMWare

  

•       Performance Best Practices for vSphere 5.5

                 (http://www.vmware.com/pdf/Perf_Best_Practices_vSphere5.5.pdf)

–        See page 17 for recommended BIOS setting

•       Deploying Extremely Latency-Sensitive Applications in vSphere 5.5 (http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/latency-sensitive-perf-vsphere55.pdf)

–        See page 15 for best practices for latency-sensitive applications

•       Upgrade network adapter driver in VM cluster

Other things needs to consider

•       Virus Scan can impact performance

–        Improve Performance by using antivirus exclusions

•       Network latency between worker machines should be less than 10ms.

•       Single network hop between servers (contiguous network access).

Regards
Satishbabu Gunukula, Oracle ACE
http://oracleracexpert.com